Members emerge from the Writers' Guild in Beverley Hills after voting to end their strike. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

One hundred days and a whole lot of shouting later and the Hollywood writers' strike is finally over in the US. In many ways it's good news - heaven knows what the world would have done without the Oscars, and now they're back on track. Although it would have been nicer if they could have at least stopped just before the Baftas, thus denying Jonathan Ross anyone to blame his absolutely woeful script on.

US-based viewers wondering when their favourite series might reappear will find a full grid marking the planned future for each programme here, though it being the LA Times, you'll have to complete a quick free registration first. Very briefly, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Reaper, all the CSIs, NCIS, The Office: An American Workplace and many others are likely to return with more episodes later this spring. It'll be several weeks after that for us in the UK, although of course we're terrestrially still a season behind some of them so the only difference it will make is a shorter overall series with less episodes when they do finally get round to showing it; or a worse value box set, if you're that way inclined.

But while it's a positive resolution in many ways, there's quite a lot of anger and confusion to be found - particularly in the city, where the industry has been worst affected. On the graffiti boards discussing the story on the LA Times website (again, free registration may be required) much of the sentiment reflects the other people affected by the action - people working in TV and bovie production that have been laid off due to the slow shutting down of filming as the scripts ran out. And while much of the loudest support was very positive, it's not surprising to find quotes from people desperately angry and unsupportive of the action and its effects on other, smaller less starry cogs in the machine:

"Just remember all of the collateral damage inflicted to the small guys ... Watch a movie and see how many people are credited on a film ... How many of those are writers?"

Of course, it's a good thing that the union have negotiated a deal that they feel satisfied with, and good that the writers now feel they can go back to work. But there are many voices quick to point out that the deal - and the strike - wasn't all that.

Kara Swisher at All Things Digital points out that residuals are a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74">The Landlord or similar material), there is no systemic or large-scale efforts to establish this industry of original online content in a way that is different from what has come before.

"Of course, writers did hightail it up north to Silicon Valley during the strike to try to get some money to create new kinds of online entertainment production companies. But it felt like this was out of desperation, rather than a real commitment to change the system they were working in and to pioneer new forms of entertainment based around the web medium."

Overall, then, opinion seems to suggest that the end of the strike is a good thing for writers, who wanted a certain thing, and got that thing agreed. It's a good thing for studios, who may now take the opportunity to change the way in which they employ writers, and who've had more time to explore the options being offered to them. It's a good thing that production can begin again, meaning many of the people who have been laid off as a result can get back to work. It's a good thing for viewers, who want to see what has happened to their favourite characters.